Saudi Arabian authorities have reportedly apprehended two women alleged to be the wife and mother of Ado Aliero, one of Nigeria’s most feared bandit kingpins. This development is seen as a startling international twist to Nigeria’s fight against banditry. Sources familiar with the case revealed that the duo was picked up in an intelligence-led operation…
ARISE News Channel’s ‘The Morning Show’ anchor, Rufai Oseni, has alleged that there was a politically motivated attempt to silence him by bringing down his Facebook account, describing the move as “malicious.” In a post shared on his verified Facebook page on Monday, Oseni called on his supporters to take action against what he termed…
The Abuja Police Command has arrested a Nigerian Navy officer, Abdul Rasheed Muhammad, for the murder of Aminu, the son of former Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral I. I. Ibrahim (retd). The Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, while parading the suspect on Wednesday in Abuja, said Muhammad killed Aminu and stole…
Nollywood actress, Blessing Akinola from Ondo State but raised in Ilorin, Kwara State has revealed she’s sapiosexual in nature, meaning she is only attracted to goal-driven men. In a chat with Potpourri she explains: “I’m naturally a sapiosexual person. I like men that are goal-driven, have a good sense of humor and dress well. I…
Global watchdog, Financial Action Task Force, on Friday said it has removed Nigeria from its grey list, ending nearly three years of being tagged a destination for dirty money and signaling a boost for investor confidence in the nation’s economy Nigeria was removed from the list alongside South Africa, Burkina Faso, and Mozambique after their…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday night reassured Nigerians that the country would not split but would remain united and grow into a strong, vibrant economy under his watch. He appealed to Nigerians to stop painting a negative picture of the country. Tinubu spoke at the inauguration of the newly renovated National Arts Theatre at Iganmu,…
The federal high court in Abuja has ordered six banks to provide the inspector-general of police (IGP) with information pertaining to the accounts connected to Omoyele Sowore, an activist and publisher. Emeka Nwite, the presiding judge, issued the order on Tuesday following an ex-parte application moved by Wisdom Madaki, counsel to the IGP. The defendants…
The third democratically elected governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Senator Orji, who represented Abia Central Senatorial District in the Senate from 2015 to 2023, had announced his retirement from active politics a few months ago but did not formally…
Ibrahim Musa, former senator representing Niger north under the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), has died. Musa, a lawyer who practiced for 17 years, served in the senate from 2011 to 2015. He was widely regarded as one of the staunchest loyalists of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement on Thursday,…
Founder of the David Christian Centre and popular relationship coach, Pastor Kingsley Okonkwo, has doubled down on his decision to get a tattoo, saying there is no scripture that says a child of God cannot have a tattoo. The cleric’s decision to get a tattoo reading “3:16” in Roman numerals, a reference to John 3:16…
